Web Server for XP Home 2

[gnt]

Hello-
I'm running XP Home OS, and I understand that IIS and PWS are not available. Does anybody know of a freeware/shareware web server that I can download that will support ASP?
Thanks!

 

[DCLXVI]

I've just had this problem yesterday, Here's a way I found in earlier posts on this website how to install IIS5 on XP home, but you need to borrow someones win2k cd. I got the files from a win2k gold cd with Windows 2000 Advanced Server on it, I didn't need to search for any files they were all on there, and it is running great on my XP home edition, and took me only 10 minutes to set it up!!

here's a copy:

(1) locate and edit the file C:\WINDOWS\INF\SYSOC.INF

(2) locate a section called [Components]

(3) find a line like this:
iis=iis.dll,OcEntry,iis.inf,hide,7

(4) change it to this (the iis cab in the i386 xp home folder looks to
be nothing)
iis=iis2.dll,OcEntry,iis2.inf,,7

(some sort of ms caching thing keeps sticking back iis.dll when I try
to nuke it. quickly renaming and making hidden dir called iis.dll
seems to thwart, but not worth it, so iis2.dll is good enough)

(5) I grabbed the iis.dl_ and iis.in_ from win2k advanced server cd.

I would guess similar techniques would work from W98, FP, etc.
Use "EXPAND IIS.DL_ IIS2.DLL" from a command prompt
Same for IIS2.INF, place IIS2.INF in C:\WINDOWS\INF and IIS2.DLL in
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SETUP

(6) Now when I did "add windows programs" from the control panel's add
new programs,

I had IIS options and I could even check em off. yippee - could not
check em off from my xppro cd ((

I just went with the defaulted ones though (all i needed was iis web
server)

(7) It will prompt you for files. Get em from MS XP Home CDs, Adv
Server CDs, C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\INETSRV, C:\WINDOWS\I386, etc. (It will
tell you the file it needs, you just need to have a searcher going,
probably the CDs will have all you need)

(8) You can get to your IIS from Control Panel's Administrative
Programs.
I stuck in an index.html file and reconfigure IIS to work like this.
No go ((
I right clicked on my inetpub folder and did something with shared
folders. No go ((
I looked at the event viewer and saw the error of my ways.
Go to IIS and goto Directory Security tab and click Edit button and
Browse for the user setup on my laptop.

(9) Yippee, hello world from

http://localhost

 

[gnt]

Thanks! I'll give it a try-

 

[Eldaria]

Yezzz!
It worked...

Thank you..
Eldaria

http://www.eldaria.net

That was my 25cent** of opinion.

** Inclusive Intrest, tax on interest, Genral tax, Enviromental tax, Tax, and tax on intrest, tax on fees, tax on tax, and other Various taxes and fees.

 

[oldcubmaster]

I can't seem to find the C:\Windows\INF folder. I am running XP on one machine and XP Pro on another and I cannot find it on either machine.

Any help would be appreciated.

THanks